playground cuties :)

A little playtime at our preschool playground...

Easter...take #2

 Easter take #2 with my family since they were all in Florida. What a beautiful sunny day to hunt for eggs and play.  Love being with my family!

Uncle Scott offering a helping hand :)

cool shades Theo!!

Full baskets!

Swinging with Ceta :)

Thanks Uncle Scott for helping us swing!

with Mimi and Ceta

with Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Scott and Uncle Brad

Great Grandma Spaulding's banana bread

Maryn loves Great Grandma Spaulding's banana bread!  While she was staying at our house we had her bring her recipe and Maryn helped make a loaf.  I remember helping Grandma in the kitchen a lot when I was young and it warms my heart to see Maryn doing the same thing.  

Memories being made...

Easter...take #1

This year Easter is spread out for us.  I think we'll be celebrating 3 weekends in a row.  My Grandma Spaulding was staying with us for a few days so she got to join in the festivities :)  On Saturday, we did an egg hunt outside.  Maryn and Cormac were all into it, but Theo could have cared less.  Actually Cormac starting walking to pick up eggs...first multiple steps!!  Easter morning we attended church and then made our way to Jeremy's parents house for lunch.  The kids got to do another egg hunt and enjoyed spending time with Mamaw and Papaw and Great Grandma Stephenson.  That evening we came home and the kids got there Easter baskets...love seeing them excited.  

This year I feel like we spent more time talking about the true meaning of Easter, especially with Maryn being a little older and more inquisitive with asking questions.  On Good Friday we made a resurrection garden in a large glass bowl( I can't find the pictures we took).  We collected sticks, rocks leaves and used a potato for a tomb.  We talked about Jesus dying on the cross and how he was placed in a tomb.  The Jesus Storybook Bible is one of our favorite books and we read the resurrection story many times.  We noticed that by Saturday night the garden was looking very dry and Maryn thought it looked sad.  On Sunday morning I filled it with fresh flowers and when Maryn came down she was so surprised, "its beautiful and looks alive just like Jesus!"  So precious to know God is working in her little heart and to know that she is listening to what we are talking about  :) 

Maryn's ready!

I think I'll just blow bubbles instead :)

Eggs to collect...I'll walk for that!!

Counting so many eggs

Not really into the egg hunt, but sliding sure is fun!

Theo's collection

Cormac loved emptying the bucket and filling it back up!

Pictures before church...no thanks mom!

Kinda better than the one at home...poor Cormac, I'm sorry buddy
you so should have had a haircut :(

A little more into hunting at Mamaw and Papaw's house.

so cute :)

he's a pro papaw!

Family time!

the great grandmas

Mamaw and Papaw

I think she is excited about the butterfly net :)

oh my goodness....so stinkin' cute!!!

Can we go swimming now???

diva :)

cool :)

a new Veggie Tale movie!

bubbles and a net!

love that double chin he's rockin'!

Fun in the snow and a trip to the dentist

Snow in late March...really?  The kids loved it and it was fun to watch them play together :)

Jeremy took the kids to the dentist and this was Theo's first time to sit in the big chair.  They both did great!  No cavities, just several loose teeth for Maryn.  She can't wait for one of them to come out!  I love in the first picture they are holding hands :)

gymnastics fun!

For 8 weeks Maryn and Theo did a little gymnastics class.  It took Theo most of the time to warm up, but he finally got it the last couple of weeks.  I think his favorite part was the "ta-da" at the end of flips :)  Maryn has done a gymnastics class before, but Ms. Joan was such a great teacher and thus leading to a much better experience.  She loved the class and was a pro at the balance beam. What made the class even more fun was that many of our preschool friends were there also.  We were also surprised to see one of the families that use to be in our bible study.  Such a fun class